Hi Viresh,

I'm not sure how the simple commit will impact will-it-scale/pwrite2
throughput. Just in case you can see more clues.

git://git.linaro.org/people/vireshk/linux tick/ONESHOT-STOPPED
commit d5a085970b0b88b8c82303d2c45f09c9427fd02a ("clockevents: x86: add support for ONESHOT_STOPPED mode")

test case: nhm4/will-it-scale/pwrite2

f4f5df6f142f679  d5a085970b0b88b8c82303d2c  
---------------  -------------------------  
    773859 ~ 0%      -9.2%     702704 ~ 0%  TOTAL will-it-scale.per_thread_ops

Legend:
	~XX%    - stddev percent
	[+-]XX% - change percent

Disclaimer:
Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided
for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software
design or configuration may affect actual performance.

Thanks,
Fengguang